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<H2>Supporting Lua</H2>
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You can help to support the Lua project
by <A HREF="#books">buying a book published by Lua.org</A>
or by <A HREF="#donation">making a donation</A>.

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You can also help to spread the word about Lua by buying Lua products
at
<A HREF="http://www.zazzle.com/Lua_Store">Zazzle</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/lualang">CafePress</A>,
and
<A HREF="http://www.fibers.com/shop/Lua">Fibers</A>.

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The Lua project is hosted by
<A HREF="http://www.lua.inf.puc-rio.br/">Lablua</A>,
a laboratory of
<A HREF="http://www.puc-rio.br/">PUC-Rio</A>
(a non-profit educational organization).
Your contribution will
complement the support we need to keep the Lua project running
and will allow us to dedicate more effort to it.

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A nice discussion of the costs of developing free software
and
a good case for why and how you can contribute to a free software project
is made by Mary Gardiner in
<A HREF="http://users.puzzling.org/users/mary/HOWTO/Free/">HOWTO Pay for Free Software</A>.

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Thank you for supporting Lua!

<H2><A NAME="donation">Making a donation</A></H2>

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To make a donation to the Lua project via PayPal,
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Feel free to donate as little or as much as you wish.
Every donation is very much appreciated.

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All donations are confidential and remain anonymous unless you say otherwise.
If you'd like to see
your name or your company acknowledged publicly as a
<A HREF="thanks.html#donors">donor</A>
in our
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page,
please
<A HREF="contact.html">let us know</A>.

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If you wish to make a donation to the Lua project but
PayPal is not convenient for you,
please
<A HREF="contact.html">contact us</A>
to make other arrangements.

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<H2><A NAME="books">Buying a book</A></H2>

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The books below are published by Lua.org.
They are available at the main online stores,
such as the
<A HREF="http://astore.amazon.com/lua-store-20">Lua Bookstore at Amazon</A>,
or as e-books at
<A HREF="http://store.feistyduck.com/">Feisty Duck</A>.
All proceeds from the sale of theses books go directly to support the Lua project.

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<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/859037985X/lua-donation-20">
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<A HREF="pil/">
Programming in Lua</A>
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by R. Ierusalimschy
<BR>Lua.org, third edition, January 2013
<BR>ISBN 859037985X
<BR>(also available as an
<A HREF="http://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua">e-book</A>)
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<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8590379833/lua-donation-20">
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<A HREF="manual/5.1/">Lua 5.1 Reference Manual</A>
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by R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes
<BR>Lua.org, August 2006
<BR>ISBN 8590379833
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<A HREF="gems/">Lua Programming Gems</A>
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edited by L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes, R. Ierusalimschy
<BR>Lua.org, December 2008
<BR>ISBN 9788590379843
<BR>(also available as an
<A HREF="http://store.feistyduck.com/products/lua-programming-gems-ebook">e-book</A>)
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